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Heinz Ketchup’s New Dispensing Valve | Materials Shortages Rankle Bev Industry
Iconic Heinz Ketchup switched to a new dispensing valve and closure that will make the pack more sustainable. Meanwhile, beverage producers struggle with materials shortages.
Primary packaging
Iraqi Beverage Producer Efficiently Quenches Baghdad's Thirst with High-Speed PET Water Line
Sustainability
Sustainability by the Numbers
Contract packaging
Got Capacity? Need Some?
Sustainability
Kraft Heinz Ketchup Packaging Adopts New Dispensing Valve Tech
Sustainability
Paper Can for Sangria is the Full Package
Imported from Spain, Pulpoloco Sangria not only has beautiful branding, but its aseptic paper can is shaped like a traditional beverage can, while using 30% less material than aluminum or PET.
Materials & containers
Retailers, Brands Ride the Wave of Ocean-Bound Plastic
Ocean-bound plastic is gaining small but significant traction within the packaging sector, particularly from those in the rPET market.
Sustainability
Paperboard Fruit Carriers
Canada’s Niagara Orchard & Vineyard Corp., located in Virgil, Ontario, just completed its first season-long trial of paperboard carriers in place of thermoformed PET containers for fresh fruit.
Take Five
Viable Edible Packaging Applications: Rare but Real (and Thought-Provoking)
Edible packaging may never be truly mainstream, but there are niche situations where it can be viable and effective. Recently, applications have leapt off the conceptual drawing board and into commercialized projects for beta testing.
Sustainability
Avocado Cartons and Pet Food SIOC Among New Formats for E-Comm Packaging
See new trends in e-commerce packaging from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
Sustainability
Own Brand Proves Paper-Pack Concept for Store Brands
Built on selling into retail private label, Sofidel recently launched a consumer brand of its own, Nicky, to serve as a proof of concept and market testing brand for a unique paper-pack solution for bath tissue and paper towel packs.
Sustainability
New Packaging from Mars Petcare UK Cuts Plastic by 15M Pieces
Keeping its comparisons aptly within the animal realm, Mars Petcare UK claims its switch from shrink film to paperboard for mixed-can pet food multipacks will eliminate 30 elephants’ worth of plastic.
Sustainability
Big Boost for Compostable Molded Pulp?
Transitioning away from single-use plastic packaging is now widely accepted as a global imperative, and that transition may have gotten a big boost thanks to a recently announced collaboration.
Sustainability
L’Oréal Pioneers Bottle Made from Industrial Emissions
The prototype HDPE package is the result of a partnership with LanzaTech and TotalEnergies that converts carbon waste from emissions from a steel mill into recycled polyethylene with the same properties as virgin plastic.
Package Design
New Absolut Bottle Design Pays Tribute to Brand’s Credentials
In the biggest design refresh since 1979, Absolut Vodka’s new bottle graphics emphasize the brand’s Swedish provenance and showcase the community and culture driving the brand forward.
Sustainability
Packaging as a Business Asset: Loop Case Study
Loop’s prefill reuse model of sustainability has evolved since its development in 2017, and it’s growing as more retailers sign on to owning their own refillable packaging.
Sustainability
Getting Noticed: KFC Changes its Colors and Asics Delivers Shoes in Blister Pack
See four examples of sustainable and eye-catching packaging from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
Sustainability
Getting Started with Sustainable Packaging
Considerations for Creating More Environmentally Friendly Packaging
Sustainability
2020 PET Recycling Rate Drops, While Demand for rPET Surges
Annual report shows that while the U.S. demand in 2020 for rPET was strong, the collection of PET bottles decreased by approximately 2.3% to a recycling rate of 26.6%.
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EU Regulators, Recycling, and Healthcare Plastics
Packaging suppliers speak about the openness of regulators to understand the slower nature of life science manufacturers in adopting more sustainable packaging.
Sustainability
Lipman Family Farms Expands Compostable Packaging
Lipman Family Farms expanded its compostable packaging line, furthering the company’s dedication to providing innovative, sustainable practices from farm to shelf.
Supplier News
ProAmpac’s Recycle Ready Retort Pouch Validated by Two Advanced Recycling Firms
Two independent advanced recycling firms confirms that ProAmpac’s ProActive Recycle Ready Retort RT-3000 pouches met the criteria for chemical recycling.
Sustainability
Malibu Collaborates to Collect 5M Single-Use Bottles’ Worth of Ocean Plastic
Malibu, with Plastic Bank, commits to the collection of nearly 110 tons of ocean-bound plastic in the Philippines, while helping local collector communities.
Sustainability
Tesco Taking the Lead on Sustainable Packaging Choices for UK Suppliers
Brands who want space in this top UK retailer’s stores need to comply with preferred packaging material and format suggestions, which are driven by material recyclability.
Sustainability
Compostable Skincare Packs Signal Shift in Tattoo Culture Values
Manik Skincare chooses packaging made from wood- and plant-based materials for its vegan tattoo aftercare products, targeted a new breed of nature-oriented tattoo enthusiasts.
E-commerce
Amazon Invests in Fit-to-Size Boxmaking Equipment Company
Amazon expects that the technology could reduce the cubic volume for each box by 24% on average and reduce the use of approximately 1 billion plastic air pillows by the end of 2022.
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Temperature-Controlled Logistics Trends to Watch
The ISTA Pharma Committee's annual Technical Exchange highlighted a shift: regulators placing focus on performance qualification data. Also discussed were industry thoughts on climate change, ambient profile development, and more.
